Game Update Notes - June 1, 2016

Fixed a bug that would sometimes stall the Path to Arah meta-event before the Pact could secure Shank Anchorage.

Shored up Warmaster Chan’s scripting at Meddler’s Summit to prevent a blocker at the beginning of the “Get Warmaster Chan to Shank Anchorage before the troops’ morale breaks” event.

Measures were taken to prevent the prototype golem from teleporting during the Path to Arah meta-event.

Fixed a bug that caused Magister Izzmek to stay in Gavbeorn’s Landing instead of starting the assault in the Temple of Melandru meta-event.

Fixed a bug that caused Pilot Ripsky to count twice on the revival counter in the “See the Pact crash survivors safely to Meddler’s Summit” event.

The stall on repeat runs of the “Help Crusader Angaria signal reinforcements for the assault on Arah” event is now fixed.

Dredgehaunt Cliffs

Fixed a bug that caused the “Retrieve containment crystals from the skritt and return them to Scholar Dane” event to get stuck in preparation.

Fixed the markers, unlurks, and event objective text in the “Defeat the stone guardian and its minions” event.

Malchor’s Leap

Fixed a display issue that caused the Bashing Bauxite Alchemicals meta-event information to incorrectly inform players that NPCs were dead.

Tangled Depths

Fixed an issue that caused the Against the Chak Gerent meta-event to award the end chest twice per run.

Removed a nameless effect from the Gravid Battle Beetle in Tangled Depths.

GENERAL

Characters launching to a point using objects like bouncing mushroom or jump pads will now orient to face the direction they’re going.

White wolf pups will now summon other white wolves rather than normal wolves for aid.

Fixed an issue in which the content guide caused periodic frame hitches for some players while in a squad.

Fixed a bug that prevented Ad Infinitum from being added to the Legendary Collector achievement.

Fixed a bug that prevented the Ascension from being added to the Legendary Collector achievement.

The inactivity timer is no longer impacted by autoloot.

Added an option called Disable Player Chatter to the Sound Options tab. Enabling this option will disable all player chatter VO, such as boon and condition gain, mantra and shout lines, reward acquisition commentary, and low-endurance notifications.

New parties are becoming interested in ley-line energy.

GUILDS

Fixed a bug in which mesmer portals allowed players to enter the arena without passing through the various team coordinators. Players attempting to access the arena using portals will be booted out.

Fixed a bug in which players outside the arena saw players within the arena as enemies.

Fixed a bug that prevented the Guild Weaponsmith from selling the Guild Speargun.

Fixed a bug that locked players in the secret room in the Guild Initiative Headquarters.

Fixed a bug that prevented players from interacting with the Assembly Device unless they were standing on top of it.

The Aetherium Production Boost items purchased from Akeetha Stonesunder near guild mines now have descriptions.

Decorations in the Storage tab of the Guild panel now have descriptions.

The Guild Hall Swiftness boon will no longer be applied to players within the arena.

PERSONAL STORY

Hearts and Minds

Changed the way all fights reset to prevent bugs that occur in repeated attempts.

Changed the final phase of Canach’s encounter to guarantee Canach can always give up his shield and Blighted Canach does not remain determined indefinitely.

Blighted Eir now uses a teleport skill to reach Garm to revive him.

All blighted bosses are now immune to life-steal effects while vulnerable to the Reality Rift.

Canach is no longer affected by the Reality Rift when using it against Blighted Canach.

Changed how the final Reality Rift activates to ensure it always activates when ready.

Fixed the timing of Trahearne’s dialog lines in the “A Light in the Darkness” story step to prevent overlapping in some languages.

Removed an incorrect creature description from Inquisitor Dabb in the “Digging Up Answers” story step.

ITEMS

The tool tips of the following items have been updated to correctly indicate the food’s day and night effects:

Can of Spicy Veggie Chili

Fancy Bean Chili

Bowl of Zucchini Chili

Bowl of Spiced Veggie Chili

Bowl of Spicy Veggie Chili

Bowl of Fire Veggie Chili

PROFESSION SKILLSWarrior

Scorched Earth: Fixed a bug that caused Cleansing Ire to activate more than once.

Head Butt: Fixed a bug that allowed this ability to go on interrupt cooldown after breaking a stun. This ability will now go on full recharge if interrupted.

STRUCTURED PLAYER VS. PLAYER

Added a Free Camera view for spectating in PvP Custom Arenas. The default key binding to enter this mode is Ctrl+Shift+F.

Added a movement delay to the camera when spectators are following players in PvP Custom Arenas.

The “Defeat the Inquest to prevent them from capturing the Ley-Energy Coalescence” event will now create player-specific versions of the ley-energy items to reduce competition.

Fixed a bug that caused multiple gliders to trigger the wrong sound effect under several circumstances.

Fixed a bug with the flute instrument that prevented successive presses on a given note key from playing the note for that key, even if subsequent notes would be an entire octave apart from the initial key press.

Fixed a bug with musical instruments that caused a short delay for the audio script to play notes when players switched to a new octave.